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From: William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: permissions
Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2010 08:23:17 -1000
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Andreas Schwab wrote:
> William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> After all, it is a git repository, so "Not a git repository"
>> is not accurate.
> 
> A valid git repository requires more than a .git directory.

True, but this doesn't address the issue.  In the example
you gave, the error message is accurate.  Consider this:

$ sudo sh -c 'umask 077; git init'
Initialized empty Git repository in /private/tmp/foo/.git/
$ git rev-parse --git-dir
fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

That's just weird.  And if there is a git repository in a
directory above, there may be great confusion, weeping
and gnashing of teeth.


-- 
William Pursell